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> On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 4:03 AM, Michael Peters <mp@mpeters.de> wrote: >> saw Kim Cascone's Dell Netbook yesterday and thought, I want one too, >for >> looping and travelling. But would it have enough power (under Windows - >I'm >> a Windows user) to run Bidule and a whole bunch of plugins that are >> occasionally almost too much for my larger Vaio? those netbooks all >seem to >> have 1.6GHz and an Atom processor and a friend said he thinks it would >be >> too weak for music purposes. Any experiences anyone? Can't tell about the Atom processor but I recently tested my rig on a 2.7 GHz i7 processor to compare with my usual 2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo. Without the figures reading much bigger (2.7 vs 2.2) I was amazed by how the i7 would let me load up even more plugins. I mean, the total CPU use was just a bit lower on the i7 but it DID NOT RISE much as I loaded plugins that would have made the Core 2 Duo choke. So without caring to explain the technical background I would say the i7 processor gives a better headroom. Michael, have you researched the Live Forum's thread about comparing machines? It is the "go to" knowledge base for laptop audio application comparisons. "LIVE 8 PERFORMANCE TEST - Results Here" http://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=111880&start=0&hilit=Live+8+Performance+Test All the best Pboy